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Great Sultan is one of various informal titles, such as Grand Turk, used to refer to the Ottoman Sultan. The latter ruler is known in Ottoman Turkish as Padishah, Hünkar or Hakan, the sovereign of the Ottoman dynasty.

Etymology

Ottoman rulers were often styled ulugh sultan a Turkic term meaning "Great Sultan". Orhan, the second of the Ottoman Sultans, used an Arabized derivative of this title, al-sultan al-azam.

More appropriate would be to use the style Sultan, or rather Sultan of Sultans (Sultan us-Selatin in Ottoman Turkish or Sultan es-Salatin in Arabic), one of the various official titles used by the Ottoman Sultans.

Like Great Khan instead of Khagan, such translations do not render the subtle complexities of the original phrases. However, the usage is so frequent since centuries that it can be considered an established convention.

A curious circumstance is that the Ottoman dynastic tradition was to give the title of sultan (elsewhere a Muslim ruler) to princes and princesses, merely as close relatives of the ruling Padishah, without an appanage (as the empire was indivisible).

References

Murphey, Rhoads (2011). Exploring Ottoman Sovereignty: Tradition, Image and Practice in the Ottoman Imperial Household, 1400-1800. A&C Black. p. 78. ISBN 1441102515. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

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 ==Etymology==
-Ottoman rulers were often styled ''ulugh sultan'' ("Great Sultan"). [[Orhan]] the second of the Ottoman Sultans used an Arabized derivative of this title, ''al-sultan al-azam''.
+Ottoman rulers were often styled ''ulugh sultan'' a [[Turkish language|Turkic]] term meaning "Great Sultan". [[Orhan of the Ottoman Empire|Orhan]], the second of the Ottoman Sultans, used an Arabized derivative of this title, ''al-sultan al-azam''.
-More appropriate would be to use the style [[Sultan]], or rather [[Sultan of Sultans]] (''Sultan us-Selatin'' in Ottoman Turkish or ''Sultan es-Salatin'' in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]), one of his many official titles.
+More appropriate would be to use the style [[Sultan]], or rather [[Sultan of Sultans]] (''Sultan us-Selatin'' in Ottoman Turkish or ''Sultan es-Salatin'' in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]), one of the various official titles used by the Ottoman Sultans.
-Like [[Great Khan]] instead of ''[[Khagan]]'', such translations do not render the subtle complexities of the original phrases, but the usage is so frequent since centuries that it can be considered an established convention.
+Like [[Great Khan]] instead of ''[[Khagan]]'', such translations do not render the subtle complexities of the original phrases. However, the usage is so frequent since centuries that it can be considered an established convention.
-A similar phrase is the [[Grand Mughal]] for the Mughal emperor.
 A curious circumstance is that the Ottoman dynastic tradition was to give the title of [[sultan]] (elsewhere a Muslim ruler) to princes and princesses, merely as close relatives of the ruling [[Padishah]], without an [[appanage]] (as the empire was indivisible).